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Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 (Number 39 of 1997)

746 Offshore income gains accruing to persons resident or domiciled abroad.

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(1) Subject to subsection (2), section 579 shall apply in relation to its application to offshore income gains as if—

(a) for any reference to a chargeable gain there were substituted a reference to an offshore income gain,

(b) in subsection (2) of that section—

(i) for “the Capital Gains Tax Acts” there were substituted “the Tax Acts”, and

(ii) for “capital gains tax under section 31” there were substituted “income tax by virtue of section 745”,

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(c) in subsection (5) of that section—

(i) for “any capital gains tax payable” there were substituted “any income tax or corporation tax payable”, and

(ii) for “for the purposes of income tax” there were substituted “for the purposes of income tax, corporation tax”.

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(1) Subject to subsection (2), sections 579 and 579A shall apply in relation to their application to offshore income gains as if—

(a) for any references to a chargeable gain there were substituted a reference to an offshore income gain,

(b) in subsection (2) of section 579 and subsection (4) of section 579A for “the Capital Gains Tax Acts” there were substituted “the Tax Acts”,

(c) in subsection (2) of section 579 and subsection (3) of section 579A for “capital gains tax under section 31” there were substituted “income tax by virtue of section 745, and

(d) in subsection (5) of section 579 and subsection (9) of section 579A

(i) for “any capital gains tax payable” there were substituted “any income tax or corporation tax payable”, and

(ii) for “for the purposes of income tax” there were substituted “for the purposes of income tax, corporation tax”.

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(2) Where in any year of assessment—

(a) under section 579(3), as it applies apart from subsection (1), a chargeable gain is to be attributed to a beneficiary, and

(b) under section 579(3), as applied by subsection (1), an offshore income gain is also to be attributed to the beneficiary,

section 579 shall apply as if it required offshore income gains to be attributed before chargeable gains.

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(2A) Where in any year of assessment—

(a) under section 579A(4), as it applies apart from subsection (1), a chargeable gain is to be attributed to a beneficiary, and

(b) under section 579A(4), as applied by subsection (1), an offshore income gain is also to be attributed to the beneficiary,

section 579A shall apply as if it required offshore income gains to be attributed before chargeable gains.

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(3) Section 590 shall apply in relation to its application to offshore income gains as if—

(a) for any reference to a chargeable gain there were substituted a reference to an offshore income gain,

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(b) for the reference in subsection (6) of that section to capital gains tax there were substituted a reference to income tax or corporation tax, and

(c) paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (4), and subsection (7), of that section were deleted.

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(b) for the reference in subsection (9) of that section to capital gains tax there were substituted a reference to income tax or corporation tax, and

(c) paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (7), and subsection (11), of that section were deleted.

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(4) Section 917 shall apply in relation to offshore income gains as if—

(a) for “chargeable gains” there were substituted “offshore income gains”, and

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(b) for “capital gains tax under section 579 or 590” there were substituted “income tax or corporation tax under section 579 or 590, as applied by section 746”.

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(b) for “capital gains tax under sections 579 to 579F or section 590” there were substituted “income tax or corporation tax under sections 579 to 579F or section 590, as applied by section 746”,

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(5) Subject to subsection (6), for the purpose of determining whether an individual [7]>ordinarily resident<[7][7]>resident or ordinarily resident<[7] in the State has a liability for income tax in respect of an offshore income gain arising on a disposal to which this Chapter applies where the disposal is made by a person resident or domiciled out of the State—

(a) [5]>[6]>sections 806 and 807<[5]<[6][9]>[5]>[6]>sections 806, 807 and 807A<[5]<[6]<[9][9]> sections 806, 807, 807A, 807B and 807C<[9] shall apply as if the offshore income gain arising to the person resident or domiciled out of the State constituted income becoming payable to such person, and

(b) accordingly any reference in [5]>[6]>sections 806 and 807<[5]<[6][9]>[5]>[6]>sections 806, 807 and 807A<[5]<[6]<[9][9]>sections 806, 807, 807A, 807B and 807C<[9] to income of, or payable or arising to, such person shall include a reference to the offshore income gain arising to such person by reason of the disposal to which this Chapter applies.

(6) To the extent that an offshore income gain is treated by virtue of subsection (1) or (3) as having accrued to any person resident or ordinarily resident in the State, that gain shall not be deemed to be the income of any individual for the purposes of [5]>[6]>sections 806 and 807<[5]<[6][9]>[5]>[6]>sections 806, 807 and 807A<[5]<[6]<[9][9]>sections 806, 807, 807A, 807B and 807C<[9] or Part 31.

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Substituted by FA99 s58(1)(a). This section shall apply as on and from the 11th day of February, 1999.

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Inserted by FA99 s58(1)(b). This section shall apply as on and from the 11th day of February, 1999.

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Substituted by FA99 s58(1)(c). This section shall apply as on and from the 11th day of February, 1999.

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Substituted by FA99 s58(1)(d). This section shall apply as on and from the 11th day of February, 1999.

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Substituted by FA99 s58(1)(e). This section shall apply as on and from the 11th day of February, 1999.

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Substituted by FA99 s58(1)(e). This section shall apply as on and from the 11th day of February, 1999.

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Substituted by FA07 s55(1)(a). Applies as on and from 1 February 2007.

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Substituted by FA07 s55(1)(b). Applies as on and from 1 February 2007.